Pharmacy: useful websites

This page lists useful, free internet resources for pharmacy. See databases for pharmacy for a list of key online sources purchased by the University to help you find information in this subject.

Key sites

  • PharmWeb
    An online community of pharmacy, pharmaceutical and healthcare-related professionals. It includes discussion forums, links to professional information, such as conferences and job vacancies, and PharmSearch, a specialised search engine.

  • WWW Virtual Library - Pharmacy
    The WWW Virtual Library is made up of a large number of subject sections compiled by volunteers expert in their subject areas.

Guides and tutorials

  • Internet Pharmacist
    One of a series of tutorials written for the  Intute Virtual Training Suite. This tutorial aims to improve Internet information skills, knowledge of key Internet sites, Internet search skills and critical thinking skills. The links basket option provides a useful place to keep a record of website URLs mentioned in the tutorial. Other tutorials are available for related health care disciplines.
     
  • Engage in Research
    This site answers a wide range of questions about research and the scientific method. Includes interactive elements designed to test your knowledge.

  • Evaluating websites: a guide
    Hints on assessing the reliability of information you find on the Internet

  • The web
    A brief guide to finding information which includes links to the main search engines

General pharmacy-related sites

  • Martindales Virtual Pharmacy, Pharmacology & Toxicology Center
    Martindale’s gateway to online resources in pharmacy, with a heavy American bias.

  • MediLexicon
    Contains a general medical dictionary, a dictionary of medical abbreviations, as well as news and online resources for the pharmaceutical industry.

  • National electronic Library for Medicines (NeLM)
    NeLM is the largest medicines information portal for healthcare professionals in the NHS. It aims to promote the safe, effective and efficient use of medicines. The site has a wide range of information products, including news, evidence-based reviews on drugs and drug therapy and health promotion material. It’s updated daily.

  • NHS Evidence Health Information Resources
    Formerly the National Library for Health, this is another service provided by the NHS which gives access to the essential information resources healthcare professionals need to do their job, for example guidance documents, e-books and journals, images and dictionaries.

  • Scirus
    Focusing only on websites with scientific content, this is the most comprehensive science-specific search engine, searching over 485 million science related pages.

  • UK Medicines Information
    The website supporting the work of the UKMi.

Medical chemistry

  • ChemWeb
    ChemWeb allows free searching and accessing of journal abstracts from over 500 chemistry-related journals.

Pharmaceutics

  • British National Formulary
    The website for online access to the most up-to-date edition of the BNF. Registration is necessary to access the full-text.

Pharmacology

  • RxList: the Internet Drug Index
    Founded by pharmacists in 1995, this is the premier online drug index resource. It offers detailed and current pharmaceutical information (such as articles and data) on brand and generic drugs. The site is reviewed and updated continuously.

Pharmacy practice

Organisations and institutions

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